https://www.gao.gov/products/141665

B-238672: Jun 25, 1990

A firm protested any Navy contract award for firing range repair, contending that the solicitation was defective because it: (1) imposed risk on contractors, thereby restricting competition; and (2) would not provide the lowest cost to the government. GAO held that the: (1) risk imposed on contractors was reasonable; and (2) Navy required aggregate pricing to ensure that the low bidder provided th...

https://www.gao.gov/products/467256

B-238672: Jun 25, 1990

Is denied where. Although estimate of work to be ordered on all ranges is considered reasonably accurate. Quantities for each individual range are impossible to estimate due to unpredictability of range use. Gardis maintains that the IFB is defective because it unjustifiably imposes unnecessary risk on the contractor and thus unduly restricts competition. The work was divided into three line items...